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Java-E UK - Assay Office Hallmarks Explained
All items which are stamped with the following pictures indicate the item has been tested and marked by that Assay Office in the UK. These are the only Assay Offices in the UK :
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1. Birmingham Assay Office
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2. Edinburgh Assay Office
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3. London Assay Office
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4. Sheffield Assay Office
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IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT: The UK has probably the most stringent precious metal and hallmarking consumer laws in the world. No items which are over a certain weight (about 7 grams) can be sold as Silver, Gold, or Platinum in the UK unless they have been hallmarked by one of the 4 UK Assay Offices, and it is the Assay Offices who perform all the purity tests for the relevant items. As we sell from the UK, we are subject to these stringent laws, and we are happy that such laws protect all UK jewellery customers, and that as a result of these laws, UK hallmarked items have probably the best provenance in the world.
For more details about what the various hallmarks mean in general, click on the relevant options on the left-side menu under the [Hallmark Info] section.
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